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Mechanical keyboard bass instrument for Kontakt

Started by orangefizz, April 06, 2022, 01:43:30 PM

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orangefizz

I've been reading up about the Rhodes architecture/materials because I'm interested in the idea of constructing a physical instrument (or part of one) as the basis for a full sample-based Kontakt instrument.

A few years ago I built an instrument called RootBass which was intended to capture the mechanical feel/sound of physical keyboard instruments like the Rhodes, Wurli, and Clavinet: the initial percussive strike, the sustained tone, and finally the release articulation. I also wanted the instrument to be noisy/gritty, so I added several noise textures, along with effects like rotary speaker, tape echo, and amp/cab simulation.

Some audio samples here for anyone interested.

My plan was to eventually take this bass instrument and use it as a springboard to create a full 73-key instrument (this time using a physical tine/tone bar/pickup assembly) and bookending the samples with customizable actuator sounds and noise in the same way.

Figured there might be some musicians here who'd appreciate this instrument.